Combined number recording and adding machine.



PATBNTED MAY s, 1906.

A. s. mums.` COMBINED NUMBER Rnonvm AND annum MMGHINE.

APYLIOATIOE YILBDBEPT. 19V. 1901.

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No. 819,865. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

A. S. DENNIS.

`COMBINED NUMBER DDDDRDIDG AND ADDING MACHINE.. APPLICATION FILED S'BPT.19. 1904.

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PATBNTBD MAY a, 21906.

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No. 819,865. PATENTBD MAY s, 1966.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1904,

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ADOLPHUS DENNIS. OF CLEVELAND. OHIO. ASSlGNOlt, BY MESNE ASSGNMENTS, TO'fl-llt NATIONAL ADDING MACHINE COMPANY.

OF CLEVELAND. OHIO. A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COMBlNED NUMBER RECORDING AND ADDING MACHINE.

A Specification' of Lettera Patent.

Patented May B, i906.

Ap'ilcntlcu tiled September i9. N04. Serial No. 225,079.

To rtl/L wltmrt it Tf1/tty concern:

Bc it known that l, ADoLPnUs S, Dennis, e citizen of the United States,residing et Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and Stets of Ohio, haveinvented certein new end useful Improvements in s. Combined NumberRecording and -Adding Machine; end l do declore that the following is s.full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the ort to which it epperteins to ineke and use theseme.

My invention relates to e combined number recording and sdding machine;Vend the `invention consists in a. machine constructed end adapted to oerste substantially es shown and describe and particularly pointed outin the claims.

p ln the scconipanying drawings,V Figure l is a plan view of the machinewith the outer casing or cover removed. Fig, 2 is a, side elevation ofthe machine with the seeing on end in section. lFig. 3 is a lhorizontalsectional plan view on e line corresponding substentielly'to :c x, Fig.2. Fig. 4 is e sectional detail'on line e e, Fi 3. Fig. 5 is e. verticalsectional elevetion o the entire machine on c. line corresponding to yy, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is e iront View ol"y the machine in which thekeylevers are sectioned ewsy. Fig. 7 is en elevetion, partly in, sectionon eline corresponding to c c, Fig'. 9. ig. S is en elevation, ertly insection on a. line corres ending to b Y, Fig. 9 end Fig. 9 is e.Vsectionalview on a line corresponding to o a., Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is aperspective detail of e group of operating parts, as hereinafter {hill}rdescribed. Fig. il is en Aelevetion of e line of mechanism runninthrough the machine from front to rear en illustrating the actuation ofone of the lisinrnererms vfrom the corresponding key-lever and thethrovwout for the adding nischen ism. Figs. l2, lil, 14, end I5coverdeteils for controlling the de ression of the key-levers, eshereinafter fully described. Fig. 16 is e perspective view of the rearof the mecliineen d certain of the operating parts thereon. Fig. I7 iss. diagrammatic view of certein of the operating features, eshereinefter fully described. Fig. I8 is a cross-section on line d d,Fig. 17. Fig. 19 is a View of a. piece of peper upon which imprint bythe machine has been made.

ln the machine es thus shown the essential noveltgY lies in the meanswhereby the numbers of the erticlcs of which e. record is to be mede areWritten in the seme line sind consecutivelyY with the velues thereof ina parallel verticsl column end in the combine tion therewith of theadding mechanismthet is, the `adding and totiilizing mechanism in thismachine is not in itself s. wholly-new embodiment, but is contained moreor less fully in other epplicetionsfor Letters Patent hitherto mede bymeybut the mechanism for Writing the numbers, soy, of the cars of erailroad company or of any other article end for any other purpose, asin the left-hand column, Fig. 19, end the conjoint action thereof withthe mechanism which prints, adds'. end records aggregates or answers,:is et the right in Fig. 19,1is new end originel with me. In thisconnection it is to be noted ,that the numbers of eech cer is firstwritten sind then 'the velue Vthereot at the right, and I may limit theaction to the Writing of numbers or to the recording of velues andadding, and

erich column may stand for and be expressive of an thing for whichcharacters may stand, whet 1er of numbers or velues or anything elsewhich may bc written in this Way. In this description, however, thefirst column is given as cer-numbers end the second column to velues indollars and cents,

New proceeding with the machine es shown, A represents the keydcvers,and B the bese or bod),Y on which all the rnechen ism rests, directly orindirectly, and O the removable cssin r. The eosin may be lifted oilbodily, butis not intende to be when the machine is in use, end isprovided nt its rear with brackets c to carry the peper or 'peperroll onwhich the imprint is mede, e portion of whichis seen in Fi I. 1Q.

Themechine hss tile usuel number of keylevers, corresponding to thenumber of cherecters used, and providedwitlrinner roller extremities c,en egin plete d, rigid wit am controllin the rocking se ment D oncross-shaft d', n. as inFig. 5. T 1e extensions or extremities o of theVkey-leversvary in length, accordi to their rcletivcvleluesrom to 9, theatter be. ing longest of all and iving the greatest throw to segment l)and t e mechanism operated beneath thewing or values, but isautomatically thereby, as through plate d. The measure or limit of thethrow thus put into action, large or small, continues to ,the end of thetrain of mechanism in line therewith and includes the totalizing-disksE, of which there are ten shown in thisiustance side by side on a shafte and separately rotatable,l but these and the associated adding` andtotalizing meclianism is not especially of this invention, and there--fore is not more minutely described. Segment l) reaches armed sector F,free on shaft y f, and the wheels ll onsha't't /t,accord1ng to` the onechosen by gear G, and engaging the corresponding type wheel or disk E,according to the item to be written; Thus supposing'the item to be"1904, the machine is set to begin writing in the fourth column, andthen as the successive keys for theother liguresof the item, 9 0 4,arestruck the selector-wheel (il moves over one column each timcg. butthe degree of its rotation dcpends on the value or size of the figure tobe added in. A paw] g is shown in Fig. 1 1 and is adapted to engageratchet-wheel 9*, splined on shaft f and used when adding tln'own out,as shown, when writing car-numbers or the likt` occurs. The said pawl iscontrolled Aas to `either position through arm g2, pivoted on sector Fand provided with a right-angled extension g3, engaged upon the sleeveor collar y, Fig. 4, over the outer end of shaftf and which is mountedto slide on the hub otsecwithpinsf, engaged by on oscillating or rockingshaitf3 when the carriage for the counting of the cars isiactuated, aswill be hereinafter seen. Then the shortV armf is thrown inward, andcollar g4 presses against its contained springg5 and causes arm gzto,lift pawl g out of engagement with ratchet g. Then as pressure againstCollar gf* is withdrawn its spring throws it outward and pawl gispermitted to drop again into Working position to connect the line ofadding meehanism,.as before. AThe arm g2 has a right-angled portionengaging pawl g below toV depress that end, and a A VSFpIing g'throwsthe pav'vl, back into action,

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' Two distinct yand separatelines of. meoh,

anism are-used for the two l.purposes of reeordlng numbers and addmgvamounts or items,

arate selector-keys 2 v and A, respectively, -at

the Jront of theinaclune in rows onefbehind' the other next` behind, thefkeyf er framework of said carriage is' seen in `part jin/several guresand Ahas a `thrown out, as in Fig.4 l1.

and each line has its own series of sep-.1

hasfree Vcourse 'of travel `right `steprby-step l ,lever O from over thesame, a

,inovem ent from right to left-under actuation hx the starting place oreolumn-suchias units, tens, hundreds, and tht` like-andthe "carriage ismoved over toward Vthe right in any case by pressing the keycorresponding to the tirst figure in a number to be recorded. whether itbe in the tens, hundreds, or other' column. lf there be two figures inthe item, the second` lever in the l or 4 line at the right is iressedand the printing will begin in tenscolumn. If theiteni be, say, 1,UUU,"the fifth lever in proper line 2 or 4, is pressed and `the carriagemoves over just that far and no farther, and then printing begins inthethousands-column. Furthermore, the. operation of 'the suitable lower key.2 sets theI niechanism for the recording of the car-number and suspendsthe otherline of mechanism for adding, and having written cir-recordedthis' item the carriage isset by the appropriate selecting-key 4 inY theu per `'series for the adding mechanism and tlie line of 'countingmechanism is .correspondingly suspel'ided. Each line of mechanism hasits own hammer Il and H2, respectively, at the rear of the machine, aswill be seen farther along.

Now following first the line for writingithe car-numbers as it involvesthe crnriage J, it will be seen that as any selecting-key? is pressedback or to ,the right it swingswithin limits on its pivot 'and actualesthe laterally-movable lever N, Figs. 6 and 15, through which the pawlg,heretofore described, is This disconnects or breaks the adding-"line ol`mechanism and me allows the car-numbers to be recorded by de- -Apressing the corresponding keV-levers A :1nd actuating the hammer H.Each key i has a spring-pressed toe G at one'side of its pivot to holdit in normal position and a heel 7` on the roy;

other side adapted to engage a stop 12, designed fer it on the plat'e P,and these Vstops are staggered and there is one for each key. E achkeyistrikes none but its own stop, whichA stops the carriage. rightin.this line, so that to engage, say', the third'stop 2 from theright ofthe machine moves the carriage to the hundreds-column. -for writing theear-numbers and suspends the` addingdine Vautornatically through leverN. Each key-lever 2 also has a pin lr working in `a slot c'V intransverse-barili, and this bar has pinsfkengaging an arm of bell-crinklever M, which bears on a cross-piece n on lever N The units begin atthe 1w and depresses said lever when any one-'of no keys 2 is operated.Pivoted spring-retract edlever O saidV catch engages as a catch oforlever lN,' and the vmoment-said lever isdepressed by carrying and therear pawl Ag is raised out r 2 5 ing placed on the carriage forthispurpose, 13o

This change occurs as the carriage reaches its limit of travel to theleft and can go no farther that way.

Now followi the mechanism from lever N to awl g, it 1s seen that saidlever has a rigid er n at right angles, Fi 10, connected by link n witerm n* on roc shaftj which runs to the rear of the machine on a plane'ust beneath the roller-bearings for carriage Fig. 2. This shaft hastvvo depending arms f', fixed thereon and bearing a einst the pins oncollar g, Fi .4, as herein sfere describe ,and serving to ift paw] g outof engagement with ratchet-wheel g'. A spring o at the front holds leverN in its raised position normally, and spring o' holds lever O in itsnormal osition.

Havin t e carriage and other parts as )ust describ in position forrinting the carnnmhers, the way is also c ear to strike the hammer H andmake the im ressions or imprints on the paper P at the eft of the add1ng-column, as 1n Fig. 19, and this is done rimarily by striking theappropriate key liever A the same as 1n adding. e this end there is atransverse hammerearrying shaft S across the rear of themaehine,snpported in bearings thereon and adapted to be rotated. ThehammerH is rigid on shaft S, and the hammer H is fixed on a sleeve h' toturn on said shaft. This shaft is operated from a counter-shaft S acrossthe bottom and rear of the machine, substantially beneath the shaft Sand controlled or operated from keylevers A through a series o parts, aswill now be seen. Thus the key-levers, one and all, are adapted todepress the rocking frame T at the front, Fig. 11, which has a curvedann 13 bearing against the end of rod V, which' has an axial movement insupports 'v and has a spring V to kes itin normal position. Said rodcarries a s id' right-angled shoe W which is provided with a guide vabove ro V and has a shoulder or cross-rib u on its to and edge engagedby an arm s' on rock-sha t S', above described, and having a downwardprojection to ride up and down upon said cross-rib. On the o posite sideof said shaft is an arm s3, which ears on a spring s in a suitablehousing and is strong enough to rotarily actuate shalt S and give therequisite accentuation to the hammers H and H. When a. keydever isdepressed, it throws shoe W ont from beneath arms s', and then shaft Sis free to be turned the requisite distance to operate one of thehammers under the tension and power of sprin s. The moment a key-leveris released all llie arts resume normal position ready for anot 1ermovement..

From shaft S extend two arms s* and s5 nespectivciy, Fig. 16, on whichare lateral pins In* and 17, extending inward, Engagement is made withone pin or the other, according as one or the other hammer is to beactuated, and back of all, according to whether numbers or amounts areto he written. To write amounts or add, the movement requires hammer Hfixed on shaft Sand is through arm s* and connecting-link I6, and towrite numbers the movement is through sleeve h', Fig. I6, and link 17.Each of said links is pivotally connected at its top with shaft S orsleeve h', as the ease ma be, and is slotted on guide-rod R beneath, ywhich it is also operated. To thisend the said rod is reduced at itsengagement in slots r, so as to form shoulders at each side, and thuspositively carry said links laterally when the rod is moved axiall Suchaxial movement is e'ected throng bell-crank lever. 18, link 19, andcompound lever 20, pivoted in the main frame and -havi link 19 connectedwith one end thereof and er f* (shown in 3) bearing on the ot er andinner end, 'gs 2 and 16. The linger is on the rear end of rock-shaft anhence the line of mechanism just eseribed and leading back to shaft Rcauses said shaft to be moved axial] to the right, Fig. 10, and throwsthe l' i7 into enga ment with in 17l in hole h* in the bottom die thelink. he front lever N will be understood as depressed and held down byarm O as this occurs. By the same operation link 16 is disconnected inits hole h from pin 16, and when one link is in engagement the other isout. In the adding operations the link 16 engages, and this may be saidto be normal connection. Rod R slides n suitable supports r on base B.When the adding mechanism is coupled up, the numbering mechanism is notonly thrown out through rear rod R, but a special catch 22 engages inthe slot of link 17 beneath rod R and revents the vertical movement ofsaid 1h11?.

p The type plete or bar 24 has a row of type 25 fer'numbering purposesand another row 26 for adding purposes, and the latter are on a planeabove the former equal to the space between two cross-rows of figures,because the paper feeds upward over these figures, and after a numberhas been written and the value thereof is to be stated in the nextcolumn the machine feeds the ieper along to bring both items in the samehorizontal line, as in Fig. 19. The swoop or travel of the type plate orbar 24 is in proportion to the ce umn to be written in, whether units,tens, hundreds, or higher, and is the sume ns to each row of figures 25and 26. Said pluto 24 is supported and adapt-cil to slide in a suitablegnidewny in the fnnnework ol' the mnelilne and is actuated primarily byor through key-levers A, thc rocking plate or wny 1l, thel shaft flthereof and n segmental ruck d* on one und thereof engaging n ruck-arm:2 on vertical rack-shaft 22s. A long nrm 3U, Iixml on tho tu wi' thisslmltJnis n link 3l ,connecting it witli the type pluie or hm' 2l, nml arvtmcting-spring 32, engaging n sido arm 3:1 on

' 12 to 18,'adapted to be engaged by a toothed .l madekbefore i themachine `1sy locked against a hanger 36, pivoted `from its top withinthecasingr at thc front ofthe machine and springpressed on op osite sidesbelow its pivot to hold it norma y in a vertical. position.

are reversely inclinedand are in .'such re tion to llever A that ifthelever be .depressed part Way the hangerwill engage tooth 35and preventthe lever from lr'ei'ng raised withoutl completing the downwardVmovement `and getting release in that direction. This involves theclearing of the'hanger by depress ing the lever beneath. the same andgiving the hanger a chance to swing to Anormal position over tooth 35 onthe other side, in which case' the' disposition of the teeth-is suchthat the a lever can ride over the `u )wardly-inclined teeth onA thatside and iin structed. The further plan is that a full stroke of any andall the key-lev'ers'must be another lever can o rate, and

and a u ntil a key hasdone, its complete Worki corresponding imprint hasbeen `made'on the paper at the rear. Locking mechanism for' the saidlevers is provided, as 'see'ngp'artially` in Figs, 6 .and 7, wherein aseriesof short versi' These platestogether plates 40 are shown arrangededge'to edge across the machine thereof beneath the levers A andhavingtheir upper corners ct away on an' angle, so as to form substantiallyYVshape spacesbetween adjacentiplates Adirectly beneath the said le-l 1have n l only enough' space betweenvtheir edges, to accom lnodateasingle'keyJevenand when one such complete work,

sis

.'riag is substantiall ,LQGIS Patent'ott e A name April 26, 1904,No.7758,052',jand there' lever is de ally 'locke against depression.Suclrlever Amust therefore rise and get out ofthe Way be used, and thisidea is Thiscompels clean and bcforeanother can illustrated in Fig. 7. l

but does'not delay or ob struct `the operations, because saidplates 40are very light and 'easily'yield when a' lever is depresse n Theescapement thesame as shown in i' fore need not beentered intoespecially in thiscase.' Generally it comprisesa s-,haft 41',

y initially actilated by the key-,levers and car,-

rymg ajsegrne'ntal ratchet ,142, engaged suc'- von vertical rocker-post45.

pavql 43 pivoteduthereon.y

the key- The teeth on the opposite edges of the said hanger:

its place unob-l operation `within thejfront portion ressed'alll theothers are 'electn-' mechanisms ada mechanismv 'fori the `carj UnitedStates in my' cessively by twoescapement# aws 43 and 44 i awl 44 isrigid on post 45'l and Normali 'pawl 44 enga es segment 42, land when aey is vdepresse post 44 rocks and pawl 43' comes into lace oi pawl 44,but only permitting one toot to escape on ratchet 42. This gives astep-by-step feed to the 'parts Certain partsintervene between post 45and evers to get theseV results, whichoaI- notA described here beca ethey appear in the above Letters Patent and have thesame constructionand operation.v in jboth cases, The arm 47 is the immediate' oitionto'which the rocking power is a plie shows two differential vruins 50and51, over which run two metal belts 52 and 53, of which the beltn52fisfixed to earriageJ, and a coiled vspringin drum 50 feeds the carriage;The belt 53 over the'larger'diameters of said drums is eg 'ged "with anarm 56, Fig. 5,

made rigid with transverselyjarranged and slidable bar ,57, whichcarries an arm 58, which enga es 'the hub 'of selector-wheel G, Fig. 3,and et'ermines its position on shaiftf.

1. In a combined numberi'r'ig an'dadding machine, mechanism adapted torecord num bers, and mechanismadapted to`` add, a paper-carrier, andseparate selector mechanism for s'aid carrier'adaptcd to change theopera' toniofsaid recording mechanism and s aid addlng' mechanism,respectively, accordunt as eitherf'said recording mechanism or sai addin mechanism is chosen.

2.- n a combined numbering and adding machine, nu mherLrecordmginechanisn1,'add

ing mechanism and means to record the total,

key-le ver mechanism adapted to opera te both said number-recordingmechanism and said ,i adding mechanism alternately, andsele`ctor saldrecording mechanism and devices forV said adding mechanism respective]r.

3. In a combined numbering and-addin machine, mechanism adapted .torecord an mechanism adapted toadd, separate selector members yfor eachof 'said mechanisms, and `means operatively connectedwlth the saidselector .members for' the numbering meehf anism adapted to' disconnectthe adding mechanism.

4. In a combined numberingr and adding machine; separate numbering andadding ted to record separate itemaseparate se 'coter-keys for each ofAsaid mechanisms`,`an'd means operatively connected with'lthe .numberselector-keys to throw theQadfcli-nili mechanism into and out 'ofoperation." i'

4.5. In a"conibied `numbering and adding machine,"separate'gnechanismsfor numberf ing andaddingand separate selector-keys for each ofA 'saidmechanisms, and a single carriage in actuatingjrelaticn.with both saidmechanams.'`

Fig; 17 also IOC vno

mon to both. Y 7. In a combined numbering and adding erases 6. In acombined numbering and addin machine, a mechanism to Write numbers and amechanism adapted to add, in combination With a separate printing-hammerfor each mechanism and separate selectors for said mechanismeA and 'aset of key-levers commachine, a mechansmjor numbering and a mechanismfor adding comprising combined adding and printing wheels, means tochange the machine from adding to numbering and numbcring'to adding, aseparate printing-` hammcr for each mechanism and a single set of kelevers adapted to be ns'ed with both.

8, iin a combined numbering and addin machine, a mechanism to writenumbers an another mechanism to add comprising add-`V ing-wheels capableof printingz and a separate y hammer for each mechanism, 1n combinationwith a carriage and means'connected therewith to change from onemechanism to the other and a single 'set of key-levers adapted to beused with both mechanisms. Y

9. A combined m-.imberin and adding machine comprlsng one mecha "sm fornumbering and another for adding, in combination with a type-carrierliavlng separate lines characters for each mecha ismand a separatehammer for each line o characters` MLA combined numbering and adding'machine constructed to both write lil'umhersv and to add and having a tV11e-carrier provlded with characters for eac use, Vin comb;- natlonwith a separate hammer for each line of characters, .a'single carriage,and `means,

connected therewith toV throw one hammer out and the other in operativerelatons,and a angle set of key-levers adapted` to be used for bothpurposes. i l

'11. A combnednumberng and adding macht' ne, compris? ng a carriageandtwo separate sets of se actor-keys mountedthereon, a; type-carrierhavfng separate linesof type, a pluralltyof hammers to'strikethe impressf'ons from said typega single'set of key-levers, and mechan'smoperatively connecting the same with said hammers successively accordingas one or the other has been selected.

12. In a combined numbering and adding machne, a carriage and two setsof selectors thereon, separate numbering and adding mechanismsoperatively connected 'with sai carriage, a hamgner at the rear of themachine for each mechanism, and a single set of keylevers operativelyconnected with both said machine, mechanism for numbering comprising acarriage, a -set of selector-keys thereon to determine the column inwhich the Writing 15. In a combined numbering and adding shall begn,`key-levers to actuate said carriage, a siding type-plate and meansoperatively connecting said plate with said keylevers, animpression-hammer 'oppos1te sald plate, and means operatively connectingthe same Wlth lsaid levers, a carriage and means connected therewith toautomatically throw said,hammerioutofacton;

16. din a combined numbering and adding mach'ne,-a carria e andselector-ke 's thereonto determine t e column in whc adding shall begn,a hammer and a series of key-levers to actuate the sam(` and atype-plate and means to more said plate operatively connected with said'key-levers, a set of selector-keys on sad carriage and mechanismoperatively connected therewith to throw said hammer out of action.

17. A combined numbering and adding machine comprising a single carriageand a single set of key-levers, two series of selector- `keys andmechanism between each set of said lreysand 'sa' d carriage to limit themachine to numberng or addng, according as a ke in one series or theother hasbeen actuator In test'mony whereof I sign this spesi-icas etion .in the presence of two Witnesses.

ADOLPHUS S. DENNIS.l Witnesses R. B. Mossa,

C.' A. SELL.

